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    cephalus esculentus; though a
    deciduous tree, it is never quite
    leafless.
    
oʋiʋi [ ˩ / ˩ ] idiomatic for arhuaɽo
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “blind man”.
    
oʋiʋiɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a snake, “black mam-
    ba”; spits; poisonous; believed
    to crow like a cock; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ];
    cf. Jekri obibi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
    
oʋuxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he-goat; cf. Yor.
    obukɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˧ ].
    
oʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ] measuring implement
    (rope, tape, etc.); oʋ̃a na matã sɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] this measure is not
    long enough; cf. ʋ̃a [ / ].
    
oʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] a small tree, Combretum
    platypterum.
    
owa [ ˥ ˥ ] market-stall (a palm- or
    bamboo-shed).
    
owa [ ˩ ˥ ] a house; a roofed place;
    ow-amɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] water-tank; ow-
    ebe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “book-house”: school;
    ow-egbagbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “faith-house”:
    church (also ow-iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ], v.
    ɛsɔsi [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); ow-ehe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] room in
    which women live secluded
    during menstruation (at od-
    ɛriɛ); ow-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] house built
    of mud; ow-ɛbɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “god’s
    house”: house containing the
    shrine of a god; temple (ow-
    ihɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] is not used); ow-ɛgbima
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] house built of cane and
    plastered over with mud (Jekri
    type); ow-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shop (v.
    esabu [ ˩ \ ˩ ], owa [ ˥ ˥ ]); ow-ɛzɔ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] Native Court building;
    ow-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “(roofed) dust-
    bin”, v. ot-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a place
    where refuse is thrown”; ow-isã
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] latrine, better egb-owa
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; ow-iwowo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] shack
    built of planks.
    
oweɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] old age; only in
    a song: uɣari‿ɔba, uɣuri‿oweɽe
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “when you reign